Evidence-based medicine in otolaryngology, part 2: The current state of affairs

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 331-337

  Shin, Jennifer J ^a,b   Rauch, Steven D ^a   Wasserman, Jared ^c   Coblens, Orly ^d   Randolph, Gregory W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b LOS ANGELES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ENT and Allergy Associates   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Evidence based practice; Levels of evidence; Otolaryngology; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SURGEON; UROLOGIST; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 79959786697     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599810393856     Document Type: Review

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